A short motivational YouTube monologue by James Laughlin prompting viewers to reflect on professional fulfillment. Laughlin recounts being long in an unfulfilling job despite reasonable pay and benefits, describes someone who helped him gain clarity, and challenges the audience to pause, identify their "North Star" for their career, write it down, and share it in the comments.
Do you ever ask yourself, why do I do what I do? And I mean that from a professional sense. Why do you do the work that you do? Why do you show up and do it and work with the people that you work with or serve the clients that you serve with? Look, I think that's something that we all think about. And certainly I remember there were times where I was thinking, why am I doing this? And I was in a job for a long time. I was getting paid reasonably okay, and I had pretty good holidays, but actually I was deeply unfulfilled. And it's those times when we need to stop, we need to breathe, and we need something or someone to challenge us on. Where are you headed? So I am that challenge for you right now. I had someone amazing walk into my life that really helped me get clear on where I wanted to go. But I'm just going to stop you right now if you're in that position going, am I fulfilled by what I do? I'm going to tell you to take a breath and I'm going to ask you, where am I headed in this career? Where am I headed? What is the North Star? Take a moment, write it down, and if you want to, please share below.
